Shloka 123
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
समाम्नायो5समाम्नायस्तीर्थदेवो महारथ: । निर्जीवो जीवनो मन्त्र: शुभाक्षो बहुकर्कश:
samāmnāyo 'samāmnāyas tīrthadevo mahārathaḥ | nirjīvo jīvano mantraḥ śubhākṣo bahukarkaśaḥ ||
伐由说道：“祂即是吠陀，亦是超越吠陀者；祂是遍在一切圣渡（tīrtha）之中的神性，也是伟大的御车战士。纵似无生，实为赐生之主；祂即是咒（Mantra）本身。祂目光吉祥，然至劫末坏灭之时，祂又极其严峻，坚不可屈。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a comprehensive vision of the divine as the source and support of all sacred authority: both Vedic revelation (samāmnāya) and the wider sacred tradition (asamāmnāya). It also unites apparent opposites—lifeless form and life-giving power, gentleness and severe dissolution—teaching that the ultimate reality encompasses and governs all phases of cosmic and ethical order.
Vāyudeva is describing the nature of the supreme divine principle (as praised in this section): identifying it with scripture and tradition, with the sanctity of pilgrimage places, with mantra-power, and with cosmic functions—benevolent in sustaining life yet formidable in the time of destruction.